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Cyber Monday 2019 marks Amazon's biggest shopping day to date

After tallying all of its sales over this year's Black Friday weekend, Amazon has confirmed that Cyber Monday 2019 marked the biggest shopping day in its history.

The sales are based on the number of items ordered worldwide. Amazon customers worldwide ordered more than 25 million home items on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, combined.

Customers purchased millions more Amazon Devices compared to the same period last year in Amazon's Stores globally and the best-selling items were Echo Dot and Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote.

Among the 10s of millions of toys purchased during this time period, best-sellers included Lego Star Wars Darth Vader's Castle, Monopoly Game: Disney Frozen 2 Edition and Hasbro games such as Jenga, Guess Who and Candy Land Kingdom of Sweet Adventures.

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